With new coercive control laws coming into effect on July 1, Greens candidate for Richmond, Mandy Nolan will hold community forums – along with other speakers – in Lennox Head and Mullumbimby, during July and August.
Mandy says, ‘coercive control is a pattern of controlling and manipulative behaviours within a relationship, which can include financial control, stalking, isolation, and physical violence. These laws aim to address a particularly insidious form of domestic abuse that can have severe, sometimes fatal, consequences’.
‘The free public forums will unpack the new laws, providing a safe place for discussion about how a person experiencing coercive control in their relationship can get help.’
The Lennox Cultural Centre event is on July 23 from 6pm to 8pm and the Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club event on August 6 from 6pm to 8pm. To RSVP, or for more information, visit mandy4richmond.com/events.
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